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just another day
Joined: 12 Jul 2007
Location: Living with the Alaskan Inuits!!
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| bejarano-korea wrote: |
| just another day wrote: |
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For the first time in my life I will rise from my blue collar existence to become middle class!  Thank you Korea! |
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I wasn't being funny, I was being serious! |
well it was still funny. i'll buy u a drink if im ever in korea for making me laugh on this board! |
As long as I can bring Endo along, I think it is about time you both patched up your differences!  |
alright alright. me and u will meet up for drinks...and then we'll get crunked with endo. crap... no weed in korea... okay then... ill buy rounds for three! |
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princess
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: soul of Asia
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| Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 2:53 pm Post subject: |
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| SPINOZA wrote: |
Per capita GDP in Korea is $18,392, rank 36
Most people find they save at least 1 million Won per month, so that's 12 million annually PLUS severance (PLUS pension to those citizens elligible). So, before overtime and illegal income, savings for teaching English are generally 14 million Won, which is 78% (savings) of per capita GDP (before savings). |
If you have a life, you WILL NOT save a million per month. I have about a million saved and I am into my 8th month on this year's contract. But, I also used a chunk of coin to take my summer vacation. Or, I'd have about 3 million saved right now. But 1 mil a month? No way! I once had around 8 mil after 2 years here. Still, not 1 mil per month. |
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safeblad
Joined: 17 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 3:36 pm Post subject: |
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| bejarano-korea wrote: |
| For the first time in my life I will rise from my blue collar existence to become middle class! Thank you Korea! |
damn i'm tired of uk expat working class heroes |
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bejarano-korea
Joined: 13 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 3:41 pm Post subject: |
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| safeblad wrote: |
| bejarano-korea wrote: |
| For the first time in my life I will rise from my blue collar existence to become middle class! Thank you Korea! |
damn i'm tired of uk expat working class heroes |
Are you?
So you don't want hear about the story about the day we got an indoor toilet?
It were in winter lad! First time in six months me arse went from blue to white!  |
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safeblad
Joined: 17 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 3:43 pm Post subject: |
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| bejarano-korea wrote: |
| safeblad wrote: |
| bejarano-korea wrote: |
| For the first time in my life I will rise from my blue collar existence to become middle class! Thank you Korea! |
damn i'm tired of uk expat working class heroes |
Are you?
So you don't want hear about the story about the day we got an indoor toilet?
It were in winter lad! First time in six months me arse went from blue to white! |
ah...what the hell.....why dont you just tell me the story |
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bejarano-korea
Joined: 13 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 3:56 pm Post subject: |
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| ah...what the hell.....why dont you just tell me the story |
nah lad, thell thee this story abat me first job.
I were 8 years old and me dad goes...
'time you earned your keep lad, time thee went t'er university of life'
I says 'whats that dad? whats university o' life?'
And he goes ' you can earn a few bob wit' horny sailors down docks son, they sailors would like young 'un like you'
So on me first night down docks in Liverpool there, me and me dad
wit' just a dripping butty and a tub of vasaline between us saw ship from Liberia dock.
It were tuppence a go for them sailors... by 'eck Safeblad it 'urt, couln't sit down on me orange box fer weeks.
But after first 12 hour shift we went 'ome and paid thi rent like so I was regular down thi docks for 15 years till I started to grow bumfluff and me dad got younger brother on t' work, shame like cos it were regular money, two bob buys you a lot of Wiggin.
I got other jobs like bleach tester and worst job was 'uman electric shock absorber, I had to work christmas day and was on haypenny a week but I were happy see.
Job were 23 hour shifts, 8 days a week, 54 weeks a year! I were always busy and had no time t' think about lifestyle alternatives like.
Anyway, I were in me cardboard box in Wiggin and I thought 'I'm sick o' university of life and went proper university instead like'
4 year later I'm off t' South Korea. On t' plane an all! only rich folk fly on plane so I thought.
So thats me safeblad! Not an 'ero but working class
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Atavistic
Joined: 22 May 2006
Location: How totally stupid that Korean doesn't show in this area.
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| Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 3:58 pm Post subject: |
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| princess wrote: |
| If you have a life, you WILL NOT save a million per month. I have about a million saved and I am into my 8th month on this year's contract. But, I also used a chunk of coin to take my summer vacation. Or, I'd have about 3 million saved right now. But 1 mil a month? No way! I once had around 8 mil after 2 years here. Still, not 1 mil per month. |
Princess, I've taken vacations and bought nice expensive toys (my D80 for one), flew my parents over here for vacation, paid off debt back home, and I've still been able to save. I am at less than 1 million per month average only because I got evicted, was unpaid despite having worked, and was jobless for several months. Even so, I managed to save most of the savings I had.
Budget, girl, and quit trying to pick up Korean men are bars. |
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SPINOZA
Joined: 10 Jun 2005
Location: $eoul
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| Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 4:34 pm Post subject: |
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Yes, Atavistic is dead right this time, Prinnie. You said you've saved 1 million in 8 months?? If spending = having a life, you must've had a blast. It's all relative, isn't it? To me, saving any less than a million per month means I've either not had any illegal income or totally over-spent or both. Sorry to be rude, but Korea really is not a spending country in my opinion (as I thought we agreed in my "is shopping in Korea utterly abysmal?" thread) and I question the taste and depth of any person finding themself able to spend more than 1 million Won in a month. In Florence or Berlin, or my own country? I'd need 5,000,000 Won per month to save what I do in Seoul because of the spending temptations, but here, saving is effortless.
Korea is a country where the more you spend, the more awful one's personality likely is. |
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Atavistic
Joined: 22 May 2006
Location: How totally stupid that Korean doesn't show in this area.
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| Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 5:05 pm Post subject: |
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| Yes, Atavistic is dead right this time, Prinnie. |
Ah, Spinoza, my least favorite philosopher, glad we can agree on something.
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Korea is a country where the more you spend, the more awful one's personality likely is. |
HA HA HA! I guess you're excluding spending to get OUT of Korea? |
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ajgeddes
Joined: 28 Apr 2004
Location: Yongsan
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| Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 5:17 pm Post subject: |
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| Atavistic wrote: |
| SPINOZA wrote: |
| Yes, Atavistic is dead right this time, Prinnie. |
Ah, Spinoza, my least favorite philosopher, glad we can agree on something.
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Korea is a country where the more you spend, the more awful one's personality likely is. |
HA HA HA! I guess you're excluding spending to get OUT of Korea? |
Damn, I was just going to write that.
I still save plenty more than 1 million a month, but lately I have been spending like mad on food because I just haven't felt like eating Korean food. |
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faster
Joined: 03 Sep 2006
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| Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 5:20 pm Post subject: |
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| princess wrote: |
| If you have a life, you WILL NOT save a million per month. I have about a million saved and I am into my 8th month on this year's contract. But, I also used a chunk of coin to take my summer vacation. Or, I'd have about 3 million saved right now. But 1 mil a month? No way! I once had around 8 mil after 2 years here. Still, not 1 mil per month. |
I was like that for a long time. I finally tested the job market after 4 years here, and got a job that now allows me to save about 3.0/month. Things are looking up.
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knee-highs
Joined: 15 Feb 2007
Location: yes
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| Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 5:41 pm Post subject: |
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| The great unwashed once again prove their societal worth. |
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princess
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: soul of Asia
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| Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 1:15 am Post subject: |
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| Atavistic wrote: |
| princess wrote: |
| If you have a life, you WILL NOT save a million per month. I have about a million saved and I am into my 8th month on this year's contract. But, I also used a chunk of coin to take my summer vacation. Or, I'd have about 3 million saved right now. But 1 mil a month? No way! I once had around 8 mil after 2 years here. Still, not 1 mil per month. |
Princess, I've taken vacations and bought nice expensive toys (my D80 for one), flew my parents over here for vacation, paid off debt back home, and I've still been able to save. I am at less than 1 million per month average only because I got evicted, was unpaid despite having worked, and was jobless for several months. Even so, I managed to save most of the savings I had.
Budget, girl, and quit trying to pick up Korean men are bars. |
Excuse me, but I didn't say I have ZERO savings...just not TONS of savings. At least I never get down to a few thousand won before payday like some people do.  I may not be wonderful with budgeting, but I don't suck at it either. And...I don't try to pick Korean men up in bars either. That's disgusting. They approach me, sweetie, and I turn them down. I DID date a bartender ONCE, but that's a story I don't care to get into, as it ended with me feeling suicidal. |
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princess
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: soul of Asia
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| Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 1:29 am Post subject: |
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| I'm also proud of myself because I am MUCH better with money than when I first came here. After my first year here, I only had about 50 bucks in change, then I got my final pay and bonus. So that's what I walked away from that job with. In the next years, I managed to save about $3000 one year plus my bonus, and then $8000 after 2 years., including bonus. No matter how much you save, eventually you WILL spend it or die and leave it for someone else to spend. You aren't taking it with you....remember that one! |
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ChimpumCallao
Joined: 17 May 2005
Location: your mom
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| Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 2:09 am Post subject: |
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princess, i would think that you should be banking almost all of your income as i thought you dated a lot and dudes bought you tons of gifts.
no? |
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